A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)

Vertebrate Zoology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-260

  Baig, Khalid Javed ^a   Wagner, Philipp ^a,b   Ananjeva, Natalia B ^c   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Asia; Herpetology; Laudakia; New genus; Sauria; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AGAMA; AGAMIDAE; LAUDAKIA; LAUDAKIA CAUCASIA; LAUDAKIA HIMALAYANA; LAUDAKIA LEHMANNI; LAUDAKIA MICROLEPIS; LAUDAKIA NUPTA; LAUDAKIA SACRA; LAUDAKIA STELLIO; LAUDAKIA STOLICZKANA; LAUDAKIA TUBERCULATA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; TRIANNULATA;

EID: 84884678460     PISSN: 18645755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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